>> we are out of time. >> we begin today. president obama orders an attack on syria. the white house is holding a briefing at this hour as the war rhetoric heats up. our forces are ready for action. it could involve the c- launched cruise missiles on target and the u.s. had four navy destroyers in the area and each up to carrying 90 tomahawk

missiles. it is near damascus. and the un citing security reasons. snipers attacked the convoy and left bullet holes in one of the vehicles and furnishly no one was hurt and all of this comes as we learn more about last wednesday's attack and the warning is the next week's video is tough to watch. thousands of sick and dying flooded the hospitals there and mouths were foaming and many of them could not breathe. doctors worked frantically trying to get patients antidote and within a few hours they ran out. doctors describe the scone it was like something out of an horror movie. the doting toll is at 355. leland viter is reporting out of

the mideast bureau. >> the war drones are louder and louder. they believe that the syrian regime used chemical weapons and stopped short of calling for unlateral military action and thought that it should go to the united nation. syria is only left with russia and iran. syria said show us prove of chemical weapons attack. they are not out today. they are still stuck in the hotel. they took tissue samples and able to get soil samples yesterday. whether that proves anything is beside the point. the u.s. and allies have all of the proof they need. here in israel there is panic about what a possibility on syria could mean. they are planning on assad making good on the promise to

retailiate in israel. they are passing out gas makes on the post office. every israel is allowed to get the gas mack and many don't have them. there is a run on the gas mack here and inside of the syria there is a feeling of will assad make good on the promises of retaliation or not? any time the strike by the united states is like purchasing the bully on the nose and leaving assad the ability to retailiate. when the israelis hit the assad regime he talked a game but taken the lick. whether that continues or not we'll see. israelis said if assad attacks israel they will raise the a nte and retaliate. >> the idea of a u.s. launching

an attack on syria is getting mixed reaction. we better be ready for what comes after the missiles hit if they do. they spoke to the u.s. ambassador to the united nations and asking her about the u.s. response. >> where are we on syria and address the concern that not enough is being done. >> we are continuing to consult our allies and partners on the appropriate response in light of the chemical attack in syria >> how is that coming along? >> making progress. >> author of the hell or rich man. >> and what do you make of the fact that we heard so much of the decision making with the syria and un. and now the u.s. taking a more prominent role, is it too late? >> the time of intervention and

make a positive difference was two years ago before al-qaeda took over the opposition to assad. and right now, honest to god, shannon, i don't know of a single person that thinks that syria is a remotely a good idea or any positive benefit for our national security. this is about president obama shooting off his mouth about redlines and painting himself in a corner and now wants to restore his credibility. how much danger to the united states is it worth to try to restore the president's credibility? >> i don't know. i don't want samantha power determining the military policy of the united states. and two, this is vital, you want to launch cruise missiles and get off cheap like bill clinton can and turn up the dirt and

what is the plan next. our failing under the bush administration and obama administration has been the failure to anticipate consequences and plan. it is not enough to go to baghdad. it is not enough to depose gha d da fi. you have to plan for what comes next. suppose the president decided on serious military strikes that weakened the assad regime. it collapses and then the al-qaeda and other islamic extremist grab the city of damascus, one of the three most important in the arab world. then what does the president do? i don't see any extra teggic interest of the united states in syria i want our president to tell me how this benefits all of us americans? >> well, what is the u.s. interest there? is it a bigger question of a moral imperative to act when

we know 100,000 people died. that took place over two years was what we view as a civil war in syria. what is the moral obligation and what is the u.s. interest? i don't see any. if you want to find the u.s. interest it would be helping a soughted which i don't want to do crush al-qaeda and the others. in the real world strategy it is not a choice of black and white but black and charcoal gray. assad is a filty murderer and monster. so you have to really spin all of this out. and again, what are the consequences? what are we going to do? we didn't plan for consequences and we get benghazi. and bush didn't plan after

baghdad. you have to think it through and plan it through. the president should take the military advisors on this. it is a terribly sad case and as far as the humanitarian suffering, i am 0 for. it but show me in the united states constitution that we or international law. the united states is obligated to stop our enemy from killing each other which is what is happening in syria hesbollah, and other islamist, iran on the government side. and al-qaeda and other islamist killing each other and getting involved in this one is absolutely stupid and could go from stupid to deadly. >> ralph peters, we'll see if the administration is listening to you. >> oh, they are not. thank you. >> a new twist in the ongoing debate of gun control.

democratic law makers in washington proposing a bill that increases taxes on guns and ammunition by 50 percent. trace gal ger has more. >> shannon, two democratic congressman and danny davis of illinois is comparing the increase on guns and ammunition attacks on tobacco and the hope is, if you have to spend more you will lose it less. they claem that the tax would generate 600 million a year to fund things like law enforcement and gun prevention programs. it would raise the tax on all firearms from len percent to 20 percent. and raise the attacks on ammunition from len percent to 50 percent and raise the transfer tax on all weapons from $5 to $100. and congressman davis who represents parts of chicago where gun violence is ram pant,

i am quoting here. gun violence raised epidemic porportions and woo can't tolerate the ongoing social and economic costs of inaction. critics do not believe the bill will pass but they will lobby against it admentally. and the anti- gun interest can't ban they want to tax out of existence. and the amendment by the way will be voted on when the house readjourns for the fall session and experts say unleakly this will pass, but the two democratic congressman are willing to give it a shot anyway. >> they are going to be very busy. trace, thank you very much. we'll see where this winds up. >> attorney general eric holder suing the state of lewisville, why? to block a plan to give families

more choice of where their kids go to school. we'll see why it is so popular in louisiana and the attorney general is seeing it never happens. >> and asking the state of the florida to cover the legal fees. why is that a real possibility despite the controversy despite his case. >> we are hearing a rodeo clown when he mocked president obama and why he found the controversy so surprising. >> i had someone threat eping me over. the clown bit has been around for generations and i didn't think anymore of it with what we did 10, 15, 5 years ago and we did it with bush and ronald reagan and clinton. let's play: [ all ] who's new in the fridge! i help support bones... [ ding! ] ...the immune system... [ ding! ] ...heart health... [ ding! ] ...and muscles. [ ding! ]

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>> new information on george zimmerman after his acquittal in the death of trayvon martin. as his attorney reports that george zimmerman will ask the state of the florida to cover attorney bills. if they are acquitted they are not liable for the costs of the case. getting the money back requires approval from a judge and court clerk. a new battle brewing over america's next generation. the justice department sues the state of the louisiana to block a plan to give a family more choice in which their kids go to school. the voucher program is supposed to help their children get out of failing schools and go to private schools. they are accusing the

administration of keeping children in failing schools against the wishes of their parents. >> it is wonderful to hear. thank you, shannon. >> 100 percent of the kids are low income and in failing schools and 90 percent of them are minority. why does eric holder think they don't need a chance. >> you are not asking me for defending the department of justice? >> i am posing the question. >> the lawsuit gives an example of five white kids in louisiana which is a mostly black school. it is it a failing school by the way. and they used it to go to a private school, and by those five white kids leaving, it increased the racial sedpreigation of the school. they use the term blackness and that's why it is bad.

there is a 1975 court decision that said the federal government needs to be in charge of certain districts in louisiana including the voucher program. if it increases segregation, the federal government has to stop this. >> and even we know that 90 percent of the kids are minority kids. >> so that is the first thing everyone should know about it. i try to be a positive person and kid around a lot. and generally nice to people except telemarketers. >> don't get me started on that. >> this issue makes my blood boil. 91 percent are minority kids. and in this area, it is absurd to me that you are going to decide like who's black and who's latino and who's white and

a federal minority skin detector that determines in a multiracial world what is the definition of black or white, it is a murky thing. and it is absurd from the start fuask me in that record. and by the standard, 91 percent of the kids are black. >> or hispanic. >> and the point being, that if a judge which is what they want. a federal judge said certain districts can't participate in the voucher plan that's what they want. and they decided these districts can't do. it it is inevitable a lot of them will not get out of failing schools and under the guise of racial sensitivity. >> and that's what former governor jeb bush active in education said this will trap kids with low expectations and low performing schools and does no one a service to do this. it doesn't give them an option

to give away. >> it is a pop quiz. what words not mentioned in the coverage of the story and in the times story except for one word. what word doesn't appear in the story and i will tell you the answer, the parents. that words not mentioned in the coverage and that words not mentioned in the department of justice material. they want to cover up the fact that individual parents choosing to be in failing schools. >> they have to take action to do this. they have to affirmatively go and say my kids are in a failing school and i would like for my kid to have a chance and have an education and i am applying for the progress and going through the program. >> this is based on a 1975 court case and said the federal government should stop this from happening. this is perfect a school choice era existed and all school

assignments were compulsory. they determined that some of the compulsory assignments were racially bised. to apply this initiative to a school choice is two things. it is conflating racial imbalance that is voluntarily and forgetting about the 91 percent that could be voluntarily and with a racial imbalance that used to be compulsory. this would be like saying a restaurant that you walk in to today happening to have mostly black and hispanic customer system like when jim crow era, restaurants were white and black and forced to be that way. if it is volitional and based on the choice of the people and happens to have a racial imbalance. that is not connected with the idea of a forced racial segregation. >> one last note, governor jinda

ll said were in charter schools and did better on reading and math level. we'll see what a federal judge decides about the for and against. >> thank you. >> an emotional case playing out in the massachusetts court where a young woman may have to allow visits to a child a man who pled guilty to statutory rape. >> and miley cyrus self- serving and what is going on over her x- rated dance moves. and a infamous rodeo clown is speaking out and explaining why he was surprised by the back lash. >> i had one lady spit in my face and called me a dirty name. look at the country as a whole. there is more to be mad at than

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next hour. for the first time we are hearing from the rodeo clown whose small town performance sparked a national outcry. there was a mask of president obama in the performance and while that man is banned from life from the fair. he's speaking out the troubling consequences of the controversy including death threats and physical abuse. trace has more. >> the way it works. the rodeo clown rotate around and the other one announces the show and in this case. he was announcing the show and listen to what he >> and the president obama. hey. i know i am a clown, he is running around acting like one and doesn't know he is one. >> guessling because of that act he received five death threats

including someone who vowed to run him over and another threatened to burn down his house. one lady spit in his face. he's not a republican or democrat and he's a clown and for decades been a equal opportunity jokester. >> i didn't do this to do hating. i did it to be funny and a joke. this clown bit has been around for generations and i didn't think more of it than what we did 15, 10, 5 years ago we did it with bush and clinton and ronald reagan. >> a h, but this is the first time anyone got upset over. it he meant no disrespect and if president obama showed up to the rodeo he would be delighted to shake the man's hand and would like to remind people that clowns are trying to entertain. >> look at the wo country as

a whole. more to be mad at than a rodeo clown or rodeo trying to make someone laugh. >> he was banned from the missouri state fair for life but got a gig in jefferson city and if you want to go out and see him. i don't think he will use the mack again. >> the tuffy seems a propo. >> for sure. >> a young woman fighting back after the judge orders her to allow visits by the father to of the child to her chuld. he had pled guilty of statutory rape. >> and coverage of miley cyrus and throw minutes what is going on with the miley obsession. ♪ ♪ blurred lines.

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options and suggested with or without results, the situation in syria is dire. >> there is no doubt here that chemical weapons were used on a massive scale on august 21st outside of damascus. there is also very little doubt and should be no doubt for anyone who approaches this logically that the syria regime responsible for the use of chemical weapons on damascus. we have established with a high degree of confidence that the syrian regime used chemical weapons already in this conflict. >> carne added there will be some coined of response to the attack and they join us from the white house with more. syria is clearly a story, wall to wall media obsession is focused on miley cyrus and her

performance on the mtv. and some are calling it naughty and what happened to the once squeaky clean star? as the images play on tv. that's the last of them we'll show you. we have analyst joining us now. >> i will start wu. is a narrative by media and consumers and muc industry that to shed your image of a disney good girl and to be successful you have to go crazy? >> little bit crazy is understatement. i find it to be a hypochrissy fest for the media. everybody on tv wants to say it was terrible and horrible and newseating and see how terrible and noisy it is. i am glad it is the last of the pictures. i thought i would be oliterated

of miley cyrus. >> no, lauren. as a woman, i have distinct feelings about all of this and she is young and not even 21 years old yet. but do you think she has the narrative people will be outraged and you will grab every headline in the world and raunchier the better. >> she's running to the bank with a lot of money with this publicity and allow her to do other things. i think the blame doesn't just like with 20-year-old miley cyrus but with mtv. someone should be fired over this. how can they allow that sexual message to go out over the air waves to kids who are watching? there were eight years old in my family watching this and it is disgusting and i had to say you know what, honey. why don't you leave the room for a bit about. and mothers all over america is

feeling that way. we are overobsessing on the coverage, but if you don't, how are the kids going to know that it is wrong? >> yeah, and howard. this is something that mtv makes money off of this and they want you to see who will go further next year. ine naked dancing and not much they could do. they know and profit and sell it to young people and a lot of little girls look at kardashians and think how did they get famous and it was because of a sex tape kim did. now she has tv shes and clothing line and nail polish. >> the message we are getting that unless you are sexy, you are no good in society and unless you go to extremes as a performer you are not going to be noticed. >> howard, is the media supporting that, howard?

>> everybody likes to cover the story. it is a delicious sexually charged controversy. and i get all of that and sure, mtv profits all of this and the barkeeps getting lower and lower. you don't have to wear a revealing outfit. you have to have sexual gyerations. every time it is posted on the web site, we are part of the problem and playing in the hands of those who want to wallow in. it >> clicks and traffics and remotes and eyeballs are drawn to this. whether we want to admit it or not they are. >> i think we are accomplices in all of this, but i also think that responsible journalism and teaching can help kids understand this is not right. if i were not sitting here saying this is outrageous and

fire someone in mtv would kids think it is the norm. it is not as if they haven't seen. it by talking about it we can get voices out there that say it is not the right thing to do. >> my suspicion howard, no one will get fired and someone might be promoted. >> this is what mtv wants which is everybody talking about. it is a channel that doesn't make much news. but ten times as many people including younger folks saw the version of the miley cyrus tape robin thicke and than actually watched the vmas when they were broadcast. >> i would like to watch robin's wife about that. it was all an act. and by the way, you can catch

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a man who did statutory rape. jamie melendez pled guilty and instead of criminal rest constitution the judge told him to pay child support and because it is in family court melendez can sue for visitation. >> sure. >> and explain what kind of connection, the victim and perpetrator are going to have to have if they share a child in common and he gets visitization? >> you described what my client is terrified about. that she will spend the next 16 years of her life not only dealing with issues around visitation, but the perpetrator's demand to have authority over the baby's education and health care and where my client lives or works

or obtains a college education. that's the thing that happens in family court. it is meant to manage contentious problems in families and our position in the federal lawsuit that is just filed, this is not a family. this is a fell no and why we are in family court at all is really not only a terrible injustice but a profoundly illegal and violates my cloint's federal rights. she has been sentenced to an incarceration by the command of a criminal court judge said you have to go with your attacker to family court for the next 16 years tis outrageous. >> is it any indication it is a statutory rape case thinks they had a relationship or it was consensual or does that factor in the decision making

process here. >> don't take it the wrong way. the term statutory rape makes my blood boil. she was a 14-year-old child and he was 20. it was not a relationship and it was not a relationship at all. and the fact that it is statutory is a rape of a child in massachusetts and in most states. i can imagine why the judge would want him to pay for the consequences of the crime. we asked that the criminal judge require him to pay restitution in the criminal case and probation in the criminal department. he is have to pay something for the upkeep of the child created by the child. and the judge department go to that. they said go to family court and figure it out. we are in federal court because it is so offensive to frame this

serious crime of rape of a child as a family that the punishment of this perpetrator has in a sense become a gift from the criminal judge. and gift of the privilege of family is uncoinsiable and the federal court will reverse the state court's decision. i hope it happens soon. 32 or 35,000 babies are born from rape every year. someone needs to give us guyedance. no state court did that before. my client was religious and chose to give birth because that is her faith. a lot of girls feel that way. the federal judge needs to make it clear to the state court dealing with the issues, don't you dare treat serious felony crime of rape as a family. >> very interesting. but in 31 states.

rapist can petition for criminal rights. congresswoman shutz has the rape survivor custody act and said the attorney general would give grants to states that actively pass something that block it from happening. people are shocked to know that that is not the case. 31 states, rapist can do what one has done in this case. we'll follow your bill and keep us update wendy. >> san antonio may be banning christians from holding public office or doing business with the city. we'll talk to the family research council that is taking locals by surprise. and imagine spending your next vacation on a beach that is covered in broken glass. why a florida town is considering making that a reality.

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government inquiries of private data were up 136% last year from the second half of 2009. normally you don't want glass in the sand when walking on the beach. some florida communities are actually talking about putting it in the sand on purpose. live from miami beach to explain what this is all about. >> reporter: hi, shannon. another day at the beach. the sand on florida's beach is as valuable as gold. brings in millions of tourists around the world every year dropping $70 billion annually to the state's economy. due to erosion constant on the coastline you can see exemplified by that drop on the beach, over the past several decades, miami and broward counties have been dredging offshore sand supplies to rebuild the beaches. those offshore supplies of sand are now gone. as you can imagine, that is leading to quite the economic and crisis of the future in

these two counties, bringing up the idea people no longer could bury themselves up to the neck in sand, roll around in it or build sandcastles. >> here's some samples that came from some sort of green bottle. >> reporter: broward county has a literally green solution. take recycled bottles, crush and grind them to the same size and courseness of natural sand and rebuild the beaches that way. all the testing so far shows promise. >> the idea we could take glass being thrown away and turn it into sand, in essence, broward county's gold. >> reporter: the final step of the glass beach idea is out in the ocean to see how the surf reacts to the glass as well as coral and sea life and all important tourists we caught up with covering themselves

enthewe enthusiastically with sand, the idea of doing that with broken glass led to sharp opinions. >> translator: he said he would not get in the water because the glass is dangerous. >> reporter: he's an afraid of getting cut. >> yeah. >> one is processed a different way. one is coming naturally. it doesn't make a difference. sand is sand. let's get the sand on the beach. >> reporter: to make glass, you take silica sand and heat it up to 137 degrees fahrenheit. a lot of people see this as just reverse course. the trick marketing to tourists that it behaves the same way, the samples we saw. pretty much did. the other thing about beaches strong with this sand is they protect the coastal communities from the hurricane and lines florida and has more sandy beaches than any other state is of paramount concern.

>> all right, phil. i love somebody who is willing to bury their entire body and just leave out the head in the sand. great interview. thanks. the reaction from the white house to the deadly crisis inside syria, the white house saying a military response could come any time the president orders it. a live report from the white house. two teenagers accused of killing world war ii veteran delbert bellton. now, we're learning why police believe they did it. one a civil rights era, one a music icon of today as they celebrate the 50th anniversary of the march on washington, a look at both eras and what it says about changes in america. ♪ ♪

it has the fox news alert. the white house weighing in on what it calls the threat to our national security if america does not take action against syria. a brand new hour of "america live." i'm shannon bream in for megyn kelly. an intervention into syria comes come at any time. the planned military operation will includes missiles and possible the use of long range stealth bombers. chuck hagel said our armed forces are ready to act immediately if president obama gives the command. meanwhile, officials are lining up international support in the wake of that horrendous chemical attack last week and momentum is building to send the assad regime a strong message. ed henry poses this question to white house spokesman carney

about what threat it poses to the u.s. security. >> the message from the candidate obama was that it poses a threat to the united states. >> i believe it does. allowing the use of chemical weapons on a significant scale to take place without a response would present a significant challenge to -- threat to the united states national security interests. >> chief white house correspondent ed henry has the very latest developments. hello, ed. >> reporter: good morning. what i was asking about in 2007, the "boston globe" asked the various candidates for 2008 whether or not the president had unilateral power to launch military action. the president then senator obama was the president does not have power under the constitution to

unilaterally authorize an attack in a situation that does not involve stopping actual or imminent threat to the nation. you heard jay carney answering there they do believe there's a threat to the u.s. because of the use of chemical weapons. that is going to be scrutinized around the world. what's also scrutinized is the fact carney in his briefing today suggested the president will not wait for a u.n. resolution authorizing force. you have democratic members of congress like barbara lee, the only member of congress who voted against the war in afghanistan coming out today and saying she finds the use of chemical weapons by the syrian regime deplorable, agrees with the administration on that but disagrees with the use of military action. if there is military action there needs to be a full debate and authorization by both chambers in the congress. jay carney sidestepped whether there'll be a debate in congress and then flatly asserted they believe the syrian regime used chemical weapons. take a listen. >> there must be a response.

secretary kerry made that clear at the president's instruction yesterday and i echoed that here yesterday and echoing it again today. there must be a response. we cannot allow this violation of an international norm with all the attendant grave consequences that it represents, to go unanswered. >> reporter: beyond the questions whether or not the president is acting unilaterally here, whether he will move forward with u.s. military action without getting the approval of congress and/or the united nations, the question is also whether this is just a symbolic move because it was one year ago this month the president boxed himself in with that red line that it would be a red line if the syrian regime used chemical weapons. you have republicans like senator ted cruz saying if there is military action it has to be action that actually does damage to the syrian regime and not just a symbolic move to help the president out because of his rhetoric. take a listen.

>> our concern should be those chemical weapons preventing them from falling into the hands of hezbollah and preventing them from falling into the hands of al qaeda. that should be guiding our actions, not expressing some moral outrage. >> the next move we anticipate happening as early as this afternoon is the white house and the administration releasing some declassified intelligence as to what evidence they have that the syrian regime was in fact behind this chemical weapons attack, jay carney only saying that intelligence will be released this week, some sources suggesting as early as this afternoon. why that's pivotal, the president may use that declassified intelligence to justify u.s. military action that could come, i stress, could come in the next few days. >> ed henry, live from the white house. thank you. as america edges closer to a retaliatory strike against the syrian government forces in the wake of that deadly chemical attack, russia is digging in

against international intervention, bringing a new chill between the relationship of president obama and president individual m vladimir putin. chris, great to see you today. >> who knew that could get worse. i thought it had bottomed out. >> where do we go from here. >> here is the thing. for the president who is -- doesn't have popular support here at home, is looking for popular support abroad to try to bolster that. this is something we see when american presidents try to engage in conflicts overseas. this time it's difficult because there doesn't seem to have ever been an international conflict as unpopular with american voters as this one. or modern polling. with that, the president faces extra pressure to get support overseas. that means russia along with china that have been traditional

allies or supporters of the assad regime in syria is taking the opportunity to rake the united states over the coals and push back as the president and his team try to inch closer to intervening in that civil war. >> where do we end up. what is the end game. there is a lot of question about what any kind of strike would look like. would it be for show only? do anything to impact the regime? my understanding during the white house briefing with jay carney said any strike would not be about regime change. isn't that the ultimate goal. we've been saying for months, years, assad has to go even though we're not really sure what's coming next. >> the message you heard today, david cameron made his ro, prime minister of britain, this is intended, the way this is being cast in an effort to garner international support, punishment, spanking for bashar al assad, to say you used gas on

civilians we say violates the norm. you have to get a spanking for this. it's not about regime change because if you say it's about regime change the chances of getting that coalition shrink even farther. remember, president obama is getting ready to go to russia. he's going to go to russia for a meeting of the group of 20, the 20 largest economies in the world hosted by the shirtless one himself, vladimir putin, who will be over there and probably would like nothing more than have president obama twisting, turning and dangling trying to get together a coalition for this unpopular conflict. >> let's faulk about the domestic coalition, too. this polls incredibly low if you talk about americans getting more and more involved in syria, taking a strikeout, military intervention there. there's the matter of congress, too. the president does have to consult with members on the hill. they are split. some say time to act and others say time to stay out of it. but the public, congress, i

would think the president would want to build support there before launching anything. >> the last thing congress wants these days is ever to have to decide on anything let alone a war for goodness sakes. they have done everything in their power to avoid invoking their constitutional authority to regulate u.s. international military undertakings and have deferred to the war powers act even when it seemed pretty scanty. on the upside, every conflict the united states has gotten into has had plurality support when it began. lib libya at least had a 10 point gap according to gallup, ten points more popular than unpopular. even though that number dwindled the president can say there was popular support. polling on syria is dire single digit bad stuff. if you have neither popular support or congressional approval, you're out in no man's land. if it goes poorly over there, is

there public support and popular mandate to follow the next steps and do hard things as they come? that remains and open question. we're in totally uncharted territory here. >> we are. we're glad to have you navigate. always great to see you. >> you bet. coming up minutes from now, retired lieutenant colonel oliver north on a likely military response in syria, plus, you can keep up with the latest political developments including the syria crisis with our daily fox first notes. be the first to be in the know when it arrives each weekday morning. easy to join, go to foxnews.com/fox news first or fox news politics.com. click the sign-up button, you're good to go. if you tweet or share this with your friends so they can get it as well. foxne

foxnewspolitics.com. do not miss it. a second teenager expected in court today in that beating death of an 88-year-old world war ii veteran. police say kinard and glenn wanted to rob him when they left him in a parking lot to die. trace is live with new details. >> hey, shannon we know both suspects are 16 years old, they also have prior criminal records for assault. apparently one of them was involved in beating up another friend. keep in mind keenan adams kinard will be in court about two hours and 15 minutes to make his initial appearance. he was actually captured yesterday at a friend's house in spokane. his family helped police find him. listen to his father. >> it was a blessing and a lot of people don't realize being in this situation like this, but this was a blessing to the whole

family, especially to me as a father, knowing that my son was captured without being harmed. >> the father also admits he has not spoken to his son in several weeks. he and other family members say the 16-year-old is a good kid who ran with the wrong friend. that friend is demetrius glenn who turned himself in after these pictures you're looking at now were shown on television, spotted on surveillance camera near the crime scene. police believe robbery was the sole motive here. the family of delbert bellton believe he was targeted baecaus he was only five feet tall and 88 years old. police say he did fight back and that may have contributed to the severity of his beating. belton's family calls this an all around tragedy. listen. >> i don't understand. three lives were lost that night. it's over for them. they have nothing now.

you took a very special person away from our family. for that, i can't forgive you. you know, god will have to forgive you for that. i can't. >> belton, of course, was a world war ii veteran. he was wounded at the battle of o okinawa. both suspects being held on $2 million bond. >> thank you very much. there are concerns, san antonio, texas, could be taking the first steps toward banning christians from holding public office. coming up, we will talk with the family research council about a new ordinance that has some locals outraged as the vote is about to take place. and a massive wildfire that already scorched a place the size of chicago and national treasures. tomorrow, marks 50 years since the reverend doctor dr. martin luther king, jr. outlines his dream. his message in 1963 tom paircom

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knocks news fox news alert on the penalty phase of the ft. hood shooting. the state has now rested. and they will consider the death penalty for the 2009 massacre that left 13 dead and dozens injured. the there's anticipation as to what hasan could do, representing himself but indicated he will not call any witnesses. he wants the death penalty because he thinks it will make him a martyr. he said he carried out the shooting on what he believes is america's war on islam.

new developments today on a controversial proposal in san antonio that critics say could be the first step to banning christian conservatives from holding office. the city council proposing an ordinance that disqualifies any who has ever demonstrated a bias against a person based on race, religion, sexual orientation or gender identity. that includes people who have spoken out against gay marriage and in support of traditional marriage. texas abbott said i oppose the proposed ordinance because it would not prevent discrimination but impose it. safe tooling speech, repressing religious lib berty and imposin burdens on those who hold a traditional view on human relations. >> thank you for joining us today. >> thank you. >> there has been public outcry to this.

my understanding is the first public hearing on this is tomorrow where the public will step up and share their thoughts. how do you expect that to go. >> i think people on both sides of this issue are rallying the troops so to speak. we hope there will be a strong turnout of pro family citizens to express their view they oppose this proposed ordinance. >> there are concerns that basically what it said in -- the latest version i've seen and know it's gone through different iterations. if someone in word or deed expressed a viewpoint not compatible with all gender identity issues and sexualality issues they would be banned from holding certain positions or doing business with san antonio and there are concerns that say i posted on facebook i support traditional marriage when it was at the supreme court. are those the kind of people that would be kept out of those positions because of an

ordinance like this. >> that's what generated the great concern. this ordinance was basically a non-discrimination ordinance about employment and public accommodation and housing. it includes the categori categories -- these type of ordinances with respect to race are not controversial. it is controversial to include the categories of sexual orientation or gender identity because we don't believe that those are comparable to the kind of inborn involuntary immutable characteristics like race which are normally protected under civil rights legislation. we think the ordinance is wrong in principle. this particular ordinance in san antonio was originally drafted in a very draconian way, as you described, where it would have forbidden any whoever expressed a bias in word or deed against any of these categories from

ever receiving an appointment to a board or commission within the city. now, in the latest draft that i've seen, which was dated august 15th, that particular provision, which is almost certainly blatantly unconstitutional, has been removed. but there are many other disturbing provisions that remain. there remains a provision b barring people while serving in office from expressing a bias in word or deed in any way in their official cap pass. it that's to be considered malfeasance and cause for removal from office. we have concern about the lack of any sufficient -- >> yeah. my reading of the proposed ordinance i dunce there will be a vote the first week in september what they're aiming for and the same thing in their capacity say, hey, i'm for traditional marriage, that is cause for them to be removed from office, if i'm reading this right? >> yes. i think it's quite possible that would be unconstitutional as

well, in particular the word part. normally non-discrimination laws require an act of discrimination, merely saying you disagree with someone or you disapprove of a certain type of behavior would not trigger a under this, it would.gainst >> i know there are concerns christian businesses and churches and others may be impacted. supporters of this ordinance said they built in protection for businesses. it will be very interesting to monitor that hearing tomorrow to see what the public has to say about this. thank you for your time. >> thank you. we're getting breaking news from washington about a key member of the president's economic team. we'll have that in three minutes. a great day for a little girl who's been through so much. big news for sarah murnaghan next. this is for you.

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breaking news from our nation a's capitol sources are telling fox someone on the president's economic team from the very beginning may soon be leaving his post. joining us, charlie has breaking news. >> a little drama on a summer day. >> who is it. >> gene sperling director of the economic council. you don't hear a lot about him, from the economic post and been signaling to friends that work in private industry in wall street he's thinking of stepping down i wouldn't say within the next week but next couple of months. thick he wants to get through the next budget fight everybody is gearing up for in october, and once that's over he's going to leave town. basically from what i hear a lot of wall street speculates he wants a job in the financial sector.

this is a guy who's been in government a long time. he had a brief stint for goldman sachs in 2008-2009 he made a few bucks but generally in government, clinton administration, obama administration. numerous economic bureaucratic job. this was a pretty big job he was holding now. larry summers picked for fed chairman held this before him. these guys need make money. i think that's what's going on. what's interesting about this job of director -- i have to write this down, national economic council. it was created under the clinton administration. bob ruben was the first. all high ranking people. i think larry lindsey did it in the bush years. this once was a powerful job. since valerie jarrett the senior advisor to the president has taken up so much real estate and so many things in so many things it almost downgraded these important jobs not to say it won't play a role in the budget

negotiations, these jobs aren't as important. you don't have the president's ear as you did in the past. that may be another reason. bill dale bill daley abruptly resigned in 2012 because of valerie jarrett. he felt she was the chief of staff and not him. >> it's been a tough run. the last two years have been very difficult trying to get the economy repaired and cranking and going and still a long way from where it needs to be. that has to be a grind for somebody in that position. >> it's constant tension, government shut down potential, sequesters. this is a high burn-out job. i think bottom line, it's not as prominent as it once was even though you're still at the table, right? and these guys they want to make money. tim geithner the treasure secretary callinged have been fed chairman. president obama and a lot of people at wall street said president obama really wanted him to be fed chairman. the reason why he didn't, he

wants to make money, too. these folks are often in government many years. if i was to guess, someone like geithner or this gentleman, they go to private equity or citigroup. citigroup seems to be the place they all go to make a lot of money when they leave government. >> a couple more zeros than they make on their paycheck now. thank you. tomorrow marks 50 years since reverend king outlined his dream and we will compare it to today. and what by all appearances seems like an imminent military strike in the wake of a tremendous military attack that the assad regime carried out against its own people, the obama administration says there must be a response. what will it look like. >> the goal is to make clear this is unacceptable, it is a red line that has been cross and a red line established by 198

nations, 98% of the world's population.

developing at this hour new details on the military options in syria if president obama gives the command to strike. defense secretary chuck hagel said the armed forces are ready to act immediately if the u.s. commander in chief gives the go. what might an american

intervention look like in reality. jennifer is live at the pentagon to tell us. hi, jennifer. >> hi. a senior official tells fox any strike on syria is likely to last hours not days. there are no plans in this initial mission set go after assad's chemical weapons. first of all, it is not possible to carry out a surgical strike on chemical weapons storage facilities. assad is estimated to have 1,000 tons of those materials. such a strike could unleash those chemicals and lead to a lot of death and destruction according to these sources. any plans to secure assad's chemical weapons would require special operations and boots on the ground. that it's not on the table right now. the u.s. has four u.s. navy destroyers in position and one submarine. the brits have another submarine. 211 tommie hawks were fired previously and each destroyer can carry up to 90 tomahawks at

one time. chuck hagel has spoken to his french and british counterparts by telephone today. >> let agency get the facts, let's get the intelligence and then a decision will be made whether action will be taken if action should be taken, what action or no action. >> but you're ready to go like that. >> we are ready to go like that. >> the timeline is being set by a number of political factors. sources say the administration is working through nato. an emergency meeting scheduled for brussels wednesday and david cameron called his parliament back thursday for a vote on military action. no military action will happen before then. and they are scheduled to remain in syria until sunday. it is unlikely a strike will occur while they are still on the ground. they could be pulled out from syria before that sunday deadline. it would be something to keep an eye on in terms of the timing of

a strike. >> jennifer, thank you. for more perspective, let's bring in fox military expert, lieutenant oliver north. good to see you today. >> good to be with you. >> as we watch this play out, are there any good guys in syria for us to back we can do so with 100% certainty? >> not with 100% certainty primarily because we have such abysmal human intelligence. we don't know who the right fighter are and our nsa has spent so much time spying on us they haven't had time to find out. bill clinton answered it in 1993, more than two months after they tried to assassinate clinton h. bush, clinton fired missiles in baghdad and hussein

spent time abusing his own people. attacking in kenya and tanzania in august of 1998, clinton fired 75 missiles at a tent in afghanistan and pharmaceutical plant in sudan and that didn't stop al qaeda from killing 29 soldiers and wounding 39 soldiers on the "uss cole." cre cruise missiles make weak presidents feel strong but don't have a long term effect on despots or terrorists and makes you wonder what would we be doing by launching this attack. >> what if we did something that wasn't aimed at regime change or taking out chemical weapons and if you do this strikes. what will assad do! will he respond by taking it out on his own people. will things escalate.

>> he has not responded to the israelis, twice gone to the border near damascus to take out missiles headed to hezbollah to take out the revolutionary guard corps in iran and didn't make reaction to taking out his nuclear reactor several years ago. bottom line, what obama needs to do before he gives the order to launch the tomahawks. really ought to do things that might make a difference. first, 9/11 is a jihadi anniversary, less than three weeks away. he ought to immediately do is beef up security at every american diplomatic post in the middle east and sub saharan africa and better tell the israelis in advance of any military action he takes because they are our only real ally in that part of the world and part of the planet we need friends. third, august go to the select

committee on intelligence with a presidential finding ordering our risk adverse intelligence agencies to immediately hire sufficient numbers of contractors, yes, those hated contractors who can go out and train and equipment and send into the field real syrian freedom fighters and ought to start by recruiting them at refugee camps in jordan not syria or iraq. and ought to read barbara tuckman's book, the guns of august about how great power stumble, it happened in 1914 in then month of august. >> you mentioned congress, a topic that keeps coming up now that we have members weighing in for and against a strike on syria. how critical is it the president get them on board? we have members including speaker john boehner saying the president hasn't directly made a call from him. he heard from white house staff. it doesn't sound like a big move towards building a coalition on

the hill. >> no, it's not. agechb, i'm the old guy so i'm the historian. i can remember the night before we went into grenada the president of the united states brought the leaders of congress to the residence of the white house not the situation room and briefed tip o'neill and the rest of them exactly what was going to happen and it was already under way by dawn. incidentally, tip o'neill then leaked it to the "washington post." by then, it was too late. he needs to do the same thing in this white house if he wants a buy-in from congress. we have to fund whatever additional measures come out of this whole thipresident's not b particularly good of keeping congress informed about anything. >> not just republicans say that, democrats report the same thing, there's not really a relationship there. the broader picture, this isn't just about syria. what's the impact of the president's decision on the relation with russia or iran clearly involved here as well. >> clearly, he's not going to go to the united nations for permission or affirmation on

this thing because he knows she russians and chinese have a veto on the security council. he's counting on nato and the arab league. the problem with nato in turkey you have a nato ally on paper but the erdogan government has been backing radicals and not freedom fighters and syrian army and because the brotherhood has been distributing arms and ammunition and humanitarian supplies to the syrian opposition. er erdog erdogan, it makes you wonder how it turns out no matter how many missiles he fires, if it will turn out the same as clinton's missiles. there's been a lot of talk about replacing negatively viewed leaders and coalitions with positive ones. are these individual countries ready for that, for

democratically held elections and going to the ballot box that is for everyone. >> the so-called arab speech he gave in cairo in 2009 has not made life better for any in the arab world. it created a lot of achings t y achings -- anticipation they could pull off an election. this administration is of the idea a single democratic election is all you need and the proof of that is in tunisia and cairo and spreading across the world. no one is better off for it. the bottom line we found off in the reagan administration sometimes you better live with the devil you know than the devil you don't know. what you end up with is a place like iran. a single election does not a democracy make and we ought to realize that. >> colonel north. we appreciate the history lesson and context as well. >> thank you. a happy day for sarah

murnaghan. remember her. finally home after her family's long campaign to get r a lung transplant. an update how she's doing today. tomorrow marking 50 years since reverend king detailed his dream, juan williams looks at what our music says about that dream then and our music now.

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♪ ♪ that was bob dillon's 60th hit "blowing in the winds" that became the anthem for change when peter paul marylandry sang it in washington 50 years ago.

and challenging people to compare the promise of that inspiring music with what juan calls the heartbreaking contrast of today's hit rap songs like jay-z's hit "holy grail." ♪ holy grail you remind you talking about ♪ ♪ caught up in all these lights and cameras ♪ >> a fox news contributor. welcome to you both. >> hi, shannon. >> a lot of what juan points out in the music he expresses concern about today, it has lyrics we cannot play on television, at least not this time of day. what are your thoughts. >> it also has lyrics when the president likes to quote jay-z, he will give the edited lyrics. it's just despicable.

it's outrageous. it's filled with ma somenysomena someny -someny -- ma -- masogny and hateful destructive lyrics and representation of women and certain parts of the black community. who's writing their checks. that's what i want to focus on, who are the people actually writing their check, signing them to the record labels and saying, it's okay for you to put this language out and we're going to pay you millions of dollars for it. i think the difference between when bob dillon was singing that song and when we had kind of the music that was part of social change in this country decades ago, the record industry was different. the profit motive that really support this are disgusting. >> i want to read a little bit of juan's column and give you a chance to respond. he says there are examples all

through the rap music world and persisted for years with scarce there i any complaint from today's civil rights leaders. their failure to denounce these lyrics for the damage they do to poor and minority families and sexually explicit and tattoos are hurting the march on washington. your thoughts. >> one of the magic things about dr. king and the civil rights movement that they understaood our success was rooted in the fact as americans we had core absolute shared values. i think it's been the advance of moral relativism that has undercut what i consider to be the forward thrust of the civil rights movement. the second paragraph of the declaration of independence says we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal my dad used to say

was fancy way of saying that, you know, that god has invested all of us with human dignity. and some of the great civil rights leaders understood was that it was by discovering the dignity of others the respect that we came together and made the civil rights period one of the defining periods in american history. i do think it starts with the fact that we have in 237 years made progress but as lincoln says we're not a perfect union. but we are a perfectible union. that's why, i think on this show, this segment, we can agree that we must attack head-on this assault on human dignity. >> that echos a lot of what you had to say about this being not very dignified at all. as you talk about progress, are we moving in the right direction because 50 years ago versus now

the time period juan looked at with this music and time since the march, have we moved forward or backwards when it comes to these artistic endeavors. you said people are writing checks and signing record run tn record company and sign other tn artists, and the messages seem to continue to grow. >> you're right. and i agree with ken, and i absolutely agree with juan's entire piece, god bless juan williams for writing it. in so many ways we have moved forward. we have a really addressed lots of the barriers and obstacles facing the civil rights generation, but when it comes to these cultural representations and the silence, the silence on them, i sat down with russell simmons over a week ago after he put out a despicable rape tape featuring our greatest heroine

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news alert. brand new video of a momentummous day for a girl who has been through a whole lot. sarah murnaghan now finally get getting to go home. after cutting trowel red tape she got their lung transplant. now today she is finally back home with her family. we have the latest. >> well, it is indeed a great day for this family.

sarah murnaghan was treated with balloons and arrived home by ambulance today. starting her life as a successful double lung transplant basis who sparked a national debate on the way donor organs are prioritized. her mother moved to have the policy changed. after a federal judge intervened the group that manages organ allocation in the united states, added sarah to the adult list. after the first set of transplanted lungs failed, sarah received another set. major milestones will soon follow and this sun sarah's mother said she was taken off oxygen but still gets support from a machine that helpser breathe. how she is using a walker to get around, and her recovery will

bow focused on building muscle strength. peter johnson, jr. sends this picture of siarre -- sara today surround bid heir family. her mom wrote on her facebook page that after entering the hospital six months ago she never could have imagineed the journey that lay ahead, saying this: if you're struggling with things, god is great and there are so many beautiful people in the world. she said she and her daughter have cried tears of joy she is finally home. i. >> thank you so much. we'll be right back. grrrr ahhh let's leave the deals to hotels.com. oh my gosh this is so cool... awesome! perfect! save up to 30% plus an extra 12% off with coupon... now until labor day. only at hotels.com ♪

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to snap a shot. the kayaker said she was doing flip-flops, hearing the whale might dump her in the air, but he just said hello before he swam away. thanks for watching, "studio b" starts right now, with trace gallagher. >> trace: this is "studio b." major developments in the international standoff with syria. the u.s. military now said be ready to launch an attack at a moment's notice of and it comes as we wait to see new evidence that the syrian regime gassed its own civilians. it's an enormous wildfire growing, scorching hundreds of square miles. crews say they're making progress but nowhere near having this thing under control. the latest on that. and a new medical report on how stress can actually speed up the growth of cancer. that's all ahead unless breaking news changes everything. on "studio b."